CVE-2019-16234NULL Pointer Dereference in Ubuntu Linux

Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 11
Latest updateMay 24

Description

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-178.208+1
NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.2.14
debiandebian/linux
NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-p97g-2q23-rv32: drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans2022-05-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.3, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.3, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.3, linux-raspi2, linux-raspi2-5.3 vulnerabilities2020-04-30
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-04-29
OSV
linux-gke-5.0, linux-oem-osp11 vulnerabilities2020-04-28
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2020-04-28

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-04-30
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-04-29
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-04-28
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2020-04-28
Red Hat
kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c2019-09-09

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16234 kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c2019-10-10
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-16234 kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c [fedora-all]2019-10-10